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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As long as I'm sending out prayer
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Missionary Fred Whitman (Italy) has been having
increasing episodes of speech difficulty. These seem to be related to a pain in
his arm. Rachel (his wife) wrote on the 20th - </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><< He has now been in the hospital here in
San Sisto for four days, and as of yet we have no answers regarding why this is
happening. After we left him last evening he had another episode involving
extreme pain in the arm and at that point he lost any ability to speak. Today he
was speaking fairly well, but the doctors' initial diagnosis of the problem
being related to stress and being over worked does not seem to hold
up....Tonight we were told that if it is determined that the problem is
neurological we should immediately take him to another hospital such as the one
in Rome. That does not give us a lot of confidence. So pray too that we would
have wiwsdom as we make decisions about where to seek care.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>These folks very much need your
prayers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Harold</FONT></DIV>
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